New Work Bench, Top Suggestions? Options

[jfort]

I am going to make a new work bench this winter. Maybe 30" by 16'. 4 by 4's. drawers and a shelf across the bottom. A vise. I am just your typical once-in-while car project and home project type guy.

Don't know what to do for the top. I see places make butcher block. I put formica-type stuff on top of 3/4" plywood one time. I've though about a sheet of metal, but something tells me not to do that.

Suggestions? Any other suggestion about a work bench would be appreciated, too. For example, I've thought about getting 2 or 3 half-sized metal shop drawer thinks, bolting them together and putting a work bench top on that. What do you think?

[stugray]

I was going to sugget the hollow metal door also - Good suggestion Gint ;-);-)
They work good for welding (magnets stick to them), and they are predrilled for hinges.
Screw the hinges to the wall, and your work bench can fold flat against the wall. just add folding legs.

Stu

[Dasnowman]

I was going to sugget the hollow metal door also - Good suggestion Gint ;-);-)
They work good for welding (magnets stick to them), and they are predrilled for hinges.
Screw the hinges to the wall, and your work bench can fold flat against the wall. just add folding legs.

Stu

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) That is golden I have a two car garage but the wife will want it back sooner then later so this is a perfect solution for me. Happy wife happy wife, but she's cool she buys me tools to work on the teener!